Both Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Neville Callam and Director of Evangelism & Education and Study & Research, Fausto Vasconcelos, played meaningful roles on the third day of the sixth UBLA congress and assembly in Lima, Peru, on Friday, April 24.
Callam gave the keynote address during the morning session, during which he spoke about the ministry of the BWA and its significance for Latin American Baptists. He urged Latin Americans to become more intentionally involved in the life of the global family of Baptists through the ministry of the BWA.
The scores of delegates and other participants were appreciative that Callam, as he did the previous night, gave part of his address in Spanish, which, along with Portuguese, is the dominant language in the region.
Vasconcelos led the morning’s Bible Study, speaking of the work of the Holy Spirit in the life and witness of the believer. Vasconcelos, a Brazilian, though highly fluent in Spanish, as he is in English, conducted most of the study in Portuguese while being assisted with a translator into Spanish. He is a former president of UBLA.
Rich fellowship has been expressed and experienced at the meetings, as well as meaningful worship. Latin American leaders have used the opportunity provided by the congress to establish new contacts with each other, rekindle old ties, and to strengthen existing ones.
The meetings conclude tomorrow.
